Facts-first, values-based journalism. We cover urban planning, policy and development in Salt Lake City and Utah's Wasatch Front.
A plan designed by citizen-professionals that would reinvigorate train transport, remove barriers between Downtown and the city’s west side, and free up hundreds of acres…
The S-Line now runs later, but by December, the region’s only streetcar will so run more frequently. On Monday, Salt Lake County, South Salt Lake…
Officials from the region’s planning arm, the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), have long touted the need for a region-wide buy-in on the smart growth practices…
A recently released study reaffirms the consequences of local sprawl and the importance of residential development in the region’s urban centers. A team of scientists at…
The Wasatch Front is growing and based on projections, will continue to do so at a rapid pace. Officials at the Kem C. Garnder Policy…
A day before the Salt Lake City Council is set to hold a public hearing on the city’s first-ever Transit Master Plan, Salt Lake City…
For many Salt Lake residents, the city’s infamously large city blocks and wide streets are impediments to making Salt Lake City into a more walkable, pedestrian-oriented…
The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) wants to hear from the public on plans to spend more than $5 billion in transportation funding. The proposed…
Three years and several hundred new residents later, the S-Line Streetcar is going to become a bit more convenient to ride. On Tuesday, local officials…
Salt Lake City is Utah’s urban center with the largest city population, downtown population and number of city workers. But 15 miles to the south…
The U.S. Census Bureau released their 2016 population estimates for the nation’s counties and metropolitan and micropolitan areas on Thursday. The new estimates show that…
Utah is growing older and more diverse. While the state still has the youngest median age in the country, Utah’s families are getting smaller, its…
